{"id":191,"date":"2010-02-24T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=191"},"modified":"2010-02-24T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T04:53:09","slug":"dryer-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/dryer-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dryer Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous apartment in Beijing, the washer broke.\u00a0 In this apartment, the dryer does not work.\u00a0 Because the dryer does not work, we had to purchase a \u8d85\u9759\u578b\u5e72\u8863\u673a<\/strong> (super-quiet dryer), which occupies a significant amount of floorspace and resembles an inflated \u6c14\u7403<\/strong> (balloon).\u00a0 My washer has a \u70d8\u5e72<\/strong> (drying) \u529f\u80fd<\/strong> (function), but it appears to have \u574f\u4e86<\/strong> (broken), for any article of clothing subject to the “drying” treatment emerges from the machine in a state best categorized as \u6e7f\u900f<\/strong> (drenched).\u00a0 I wish my friend didn’t have to find out about this “peculiarity” while drying his \u6bdb\u5dfe<\/strong> (towel) before \u6d17\u6fa1<\/strong> (showering).<\/p>\n

\u8d85 chao1 – super
\n\u9759 jing4 – quiet
\n\u578b xing2 – type
\n\u5e72\u8863\u673a gan1yi1ji1 – dryer (clothes-drying machine)
\n\u6c14\u7403 qi4qiu2 – balloon
\n\u70d8\u5e72 hong2gan1 – to dry (air-dry)
\n\u529f\u80fd gong1neng2 – function\/feature
\n\u574f\u4e86huai4le – [to be] broken
\n\u6e7f\u900f shi1tou4 – drenched
\n\u6bdb\u5dfe mao2jin1 – towel (for showering)
\n\u6d17\u6fa1 xi3(2)zao3 – [to] shower<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my previous apartment in Beijing, the washer broke.\u00a0 In this apartment, the dryer does not work.\u00a0 Because the dryer does not work, we had to purchase a \u8d85\u9759\u578b\u5e72\u8863\u673a (super-quiet dryer), which occupies a significant amount of floorspace and resembles an inflated \u6c14\u7403 (balloon).\u00a0 My washer has a \u70d8\u5e72 (drying) \u529f\u80fd (function), but it appears…<\/p>\n

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